David Coppedge
- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- “Team Lead” system administrator for the Cassini mission to Saturn
There are frequent lectures at JPL about Darwinian evolution and the origin of life and there are people who will have Darwin fish on their doors, or cartoons mocking intelligent design or conservative politics and things like that. And they get away with it. But I was singled out for having views that differed from the consensus view.
Backstory
Background on David Coppedge and the Lawsuit Against NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
March 19, 2012Summary, Tentative Ruling, News, Background, and Biography of the case.
World Magazine Tells David Coppedge’s Powerful Story
May 15, 2016This mild-mannered team lead computer administrator on the Cassini Mission to Saturn was viciously punished by JPL supervisors. His offense? Sharing information about ID, all in the most respectful, appropriate manner.
NASA on Trial: The Persecution of David Coppedge
December 12, 2016On this and future episodes of ID the Future, we tell what happened to David Coppedge, a long-time employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Southern California. Coppedge had his world turned upside down when his supervisor discovered his support for intelligent design.
NASA Versus David Coppedge: Most Reprehensible Case of Anti-Intelligent Design Persecution Yet?
December 19, 2016Of all the cases we’ve covered here where scientists and others have been persecuted for sharing ideas favorable to intelligent design, what happened to David Coppedge is arguably the most reprehensible.